12. The fifth woe: for their idolatry.
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Habakkuk 2:18-20
The Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:18-20
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commentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:1-20EXPOSITIONJoseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryMatthew Henry on Habakkuk 2:15-20A severe woe is pronounced against drunkenness; it is very fearful against all who are guilty of drunkenness at any time, and in any place, from the stately palace to the paltry ale-house. To give one drink who is in wa…Matthew HenrycommentaryJudgment Predicted. (b. c. 600.)JUDGMENT PREDICTED. (B. C. 600.) The three foregoing articles, upon which the woes here are grounded, are very near akin to each other. The criminals charged by them are oppressors and extortioners, that raise estates b…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:18-20Worship, false and true. The prophet, in recounting the sins of the Chaldeans, finally recalled to mind the idolatry prevailing amongst them. He thought of the temple of Bel, "casting its shadow far and wide over city a…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:18The final woe is introduced by an ironical question. The Chaldeans trusted in their gods, and attributed all their success to the divine protection; the prophet asks—What good is this trust? What profiteth the graven im…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:19The prophet now denounces the folly of the maker and worshipper of idols. With this and the following verses compare the taunts in Isaiah 44:9-20. The wood. From which he carves the image. Awake! Come to my help, as goo…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:20Silence in the temple, "The Lord is in his holy temple: let all the earth keep silence before him." "In striking contrast," says Dr. Henderson, "with the utter nihility of idols, Jehovah is here introduced, at the close…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Habakkuk 2:20The prophet contrasts the majesty of Jehovah with these dumb and lifeless idols. His holy temple. Not the shrine at Jerusalem, but heaven itself (see Psalms 11:4, and note on Micah 1:2). Let all the earth keep silence b…Joseph S. Exell and contributors